[Primer] Do It Again, I Wasn't Looking - Yarok EDH

Commander / EDH Aggro BUG (Sultai) Competitive Goodstuff Ramp Value Engine

Hydrax

Creature (41)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Ice-Fang Coatl
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Aether Channeler
• 1x Cemetery Prowler
• 1x Elvish Rejuvenator
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Nekrataal
• 1x Prime Speaker Vannifar
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Skinrender
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Primaris Eliminator
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Muldrotha, the Gravetide
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Titan of Industry
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth

Land (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 3x Snow-Covered Forest
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 3x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Guardian Project

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Into the North
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Damnation

Instant (7)

• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Fierce Guardianship

Artifact (5)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Conjurer's Closet

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Introduction

Introduction

Not sure if you've heard, but Wizards printed Panharmonicon on a stick. Welcome everyone, to Yarok, the Desecrated EDH, a deck which seeks to abuse the everliving crap out of every juicy ETB effect that Black, Green and Blue have to offer.

This is a toolbox style deck that can adapt alarmingly quickly, switching from ramp to aggression to control and back again blink of an eye. It is designed to outgrind its opponents through sheer value and the suite of creatures has been carefully chosen to reflect that game plan.

TL;DR Primer

TL;DR Primer

• Focus on ramp in the early game.

• If there is an opportunity to get Thassa, Deep-Dwelling on the board, DO IT. Yarok is a removal magnet but Thassa is much more difficult to get rid of and serves as the secret secondary commander of this deck.

• Start policing the board in the mid-game with powerful ETB removal and steal effects.

• When the opportunity arises, look to tutor for Ulvenwald Hydra and get it on the battlefield so it can search for Field of the Dead.

• Continue grinding value and policing the board while producing lots of tokens from Field of the Dead.

• Eventually look to resolve a Craterhoof Behemoth double trigger, possibly quadruple trigger if Nephalia Smuggler is in play, and use the power buff to win the game or cripple opponents to the point where they cannot come back.

• If the game still hasn't ended, look to assemble the Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator combo for infinite mana, then use that infinite mana to pair another creature to the Navigator such as Venser, Shaper Savant, Acidic Slime or Agent of Treachery. Repeatedly blink them with Navigator's Soulbond effect to bounce, destroy or steal opponents' stuff, making it virtually impossible for them to win.

Packages

Packages

Ramp (21)

• Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Birds of Paradise, Elvish Mystic, Fyndhorn Elves, Llanowar Elves and Lotus Cobra all produce mana on their own.

• Coiling Oracle, Elvish Rejuvenator, Farhaven Elf, Risen Reef, Wood Elves, Rampant Growth, Farseek, Into the North, Nature's Lore and Three Visits all get lands out of our deck and onto the field.

• Cemetery Prowler can reduce the cost of our spells.

• Tireless Provisioner can create Treasure tokens whenever we play lands.

• Peregrine Drake pays for itself by untapping lands when it ETB's but if we have Yarok, the Desecrated in play, we get 2 untap triggers which means we get 10 mana back thanks to the drake.

Tutors (7)

• Fiend Artisan, Neoform, Eldritch Evolution, Birthing Pod and Prime Speaker Vannifar can exchange a creature on the field for another one in our deck, allowing us to get rid of expendable creatures and take advantage of other ETB effects we might need for a particular situation.

• Green Sun's Zenith and Chord of Calling can fetch a creature without requiring a sacrifice.

Removal (18)

• Damnation is a straight-forward boardwipe.

• Pongify and Rapid Hybridization get rid of creatures. We're running these because we should rely on exclusively on our ETB removal effects to deal with problematic enemy creatures. These 2 can be used at instant speed and only cost 1 mana.

• Assassin's Trophy and Beast Within can deal with any permanent, no questions asked.

• Skinrender, Hostage Taker, Nekrataal, Ravenous Chupacabra, Primaris Eliminator and Duplicant can get rid of a creature when they enter the battlefield.

• Venser, Shaper Savant and Aether Channeler don't destroy a permanents but they do bounce it back to hand.

• Agent of Treachery lets us steal our opponents' stuff, which is arguably better than removal.

• Reclamation Sage, Acidic Slime and Titan of Industry can all get rid of artifacts and/or enchantments when they enter the battlefield.

• Cemetery Prowler disrupts graveyard decks by removing targets from their graveyard when it enters the battlefield.

Card Draw (9)

• Baleful Strix, Coiling Oracle, Ice-Fang Coatl, Risen Reef, Aether Channeler and Mulldrifter each draw cards when they enter the battlefield.

• Soul of the Harvest and Guardian Project draw us cards when we play creatures. Keep in mind that Beast Whisperer does not trigger on ETB, only cast, but he's still a good card draw engine in a deck full of 40 creatures.

• Tatyova, Benthic Druid draws a card whenever a land enters our battlefield.

Value (8)

• Panharmonicon is like a dumbed-down copy of Yarok, allowing us to trigger some ETB effects an additional time.

• Essence Flux lets us blink a creature once for additional value.

• Thassa, Deep-Dwelling and Conjurer's Closet let us blink a creature at the end of each turn, thus triggering that creature's ETB effect for free.

• Nephalia Smuggler can blink a creature on demand with his activated ability.

• Muldrotha, the Gravetide allows us to recycle permanent cards from our graveyard.

Combos

Combos

Requirements:

• Deadeye Navigator soulbonded to Peregrine Drake

• {1}{U} available

Steps:

1. Activate the blink ability that Peregrine Drake has thanks to Deadeye Navigator for {1}{U}

2. Peregrine Drake re-enters the field and triggers its effect, Deadeye Navigator also triggers

3. Re-bond the drake to the Navigator (do this every time). Then resolve the Drake's untap trigger, untap 5 lands and make sure at least one of them can produce {U}

4. Tap those 5 lands for mana

5. Spend {1}{U} to blink the Drake again and repeat steps 2-3. Each time you do this you're gaining 5 mana and only spending 2, so you can repeat for infinite mana.

Payoffs:

• Cast Venser, Shaper Savant and Soulbond it to Deadeye Navigator. Using infinite mana, blink Venser an infinite number of times (re-bonding it to the Navigator each time) and use his ETB effect to bounce all permanents our opponents control. Easily take over the game from there.

• Or cast Agent of Treachery and do the same as above except steal everyone's permanents.

• Or cast Acidic Slime and do the same as above but destroy all of their lands (and enchantments and artifacts, if any).

• Or cast Gray Merchant of Asphodel and do the same as above and drain everyone out.

• Or cast any ETB card draw creature such as Baleful Strix or Aether Channeler, draw your whole deck then use Gray Merchant of Asphodel to win the game.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Food, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Plant 0/1 G, Rhino Warrior 4/4 G, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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